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Life & Arts

From Mason Hall to the Grammy Stage: Alumni Charlie Post

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesABIGAIL JACOBSON  Special to The Leader  An alumnus of SUNY Fredonia, Charlie Post has worked his way up in the music world to recording top-tier orchestras. Charlie Post graduated in 1998 with a dual Bachelor of Arts and Sciences degree in music-applied and sound recording technology. He went on to......
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Life & Arts

Embracing diversity through Carnaval

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesNERON SIMPSON Special to The Leader Photograph By AMBER LOUIS | Special to the Leader. At predominantly white institutions (PWI), students of color may sometimes feel as if they have little cultural connection to the school itself. For students of Hispanic and Latin backgrounds, one way of coming together and......
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News

SUNY Fredonia School of Music welcomes a new Dean

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesANDIE VÉLEZ-DAVIS Staff Writer  SUNY Fredonia’s school of music is welcoming Dr. David A. Stringham as the new Dean for the school of music.  SUNY Fredonia President Stephen Kolison said that Stringham’s previous credentials and enthusiasm will bring the current success of the school of music to an even higher......
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Life & Arts

Masks On: TADA presents ‘Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Mime!’

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesALANA WINGATE Staff Writer  The Department of Theatre and Dance will enter the realm of mime by presenting the kid-friendly production “Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Mime.” It will be their third 2022-2023 Walter Gloor Mainstage of the Series performance. “This is a show that is designed for families and even though......
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Life & Arts

Fredonia alumni band is on the horizon

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutesJORDAN BUDD Special to The Leader  A small number of Fredonia-born bands last through college. Even fewer live beyond their usual four years. Only one bold collective can do it with such an oddly long name. The debut EP from The Weather Might Say Otherwise, titled “Something of Substance,” was......
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Life & Arts

2022 Battle of the New Bands: Highlights from one of Fredonia’s biggest annual music events

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesJAINA BERARDI  Special to The Leader  The annual Battle of the New Bands competition was held by SUNY Fredonia’s Music Industry Club in the Williams Center’s Multi-Purpose Room on Friday, Dec. 2. Each year, the competition begins as a mixer, where musicians gather to hear the rules of the competition......
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Life & Arts

The Local Lo-Down podcast hosts live concert with Foxhead Record Company

Chloe Kowalyk
Reading Time: 3 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Managing Editor  The Local Lo-Down, a podcast at Fredonia Radio Systems, recently set the stage in a new way. Instead of holding interviews with local artists and giving them an opportunity to play a live set on the radio like they usually do, The Local Lo-Down crew hosted......
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Life & Arts

Drummer N’Camara Abou Sylla teaches traditional balafon workshop

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesNERON SIMPSON  Special to The Leader  While many people march to the beat of their own drum, African musician N’Camara Abou Sylla is carrying on the rhythms of tradition that his father passed down to him.  These traditions were brought to SUNY Fredonia when Sylla hosted an open balafon workshop......
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